Morning Mail: French election, Labor demands Dutton apology, Logies, North Korea threatens Australia

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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Monday 24 April 2017 g WA premier rejects cull after shark attack death Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail. Among the stories on our website this morning: The premier of Western Australia remains in favour of personal devices to deter sharks instead of culling, nets and drumlines following the death of 17-year-old Laeticia Brouwer. Brouwer's death reignited the long-running shark cull debate in WA, but Mark McGowan says the science doesn't support a cull or nets.  Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines French election: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen into second round, official estimates show – live Independent Macron projected to have taken around 23% of vote with Front National leader Le Pen on roughly 22%; conservative François Fillon concedes Labor demands Peter Dutton apologise for 'outrageous' comments on Manus violence Immigration minister linked incident involving armed men storming detention centre with separate incident involving a child, despite contrary evidence Samuel Johnson wins Gold Logie for Molly – then Meldrum ambushes speech Countdown host takes over microphone and stumbles through a rambling and expletive-laden story Coalition rises slightly in Newspoll after focus on migration and citizenship Labor still leads 52%-48% in two-party-preferred terms, after interventions from Tony Abbott muddied the government's attempts to sell its policies Corbyn hits back at Blair after former PM's call to put party allegiances aside Blair's call for voters to consider backing Conservatives or Lib Dems to maximise MPs willing to vote against 'hard Brexit' seen as unhelpful by party figures Australian news and politics Julie Bishop hits back at North Korea as Labor backs 'harder-edged' US stance Australia's foreign minister says North Korea should look after its 'long-suffering citizens' rather than develop nuclear weapons 'Rock solid': Peter Dutton says he'd like to be PM but so would 148 others Immigration minister says he is loyal to Malcom Turnbull, while defending Tony Abbott's right to constructive criticism Geriatric criminal Neddy Smith sneaks past guards in hospital Prison officers investigated after murderer, 72, who has Parkinson's disease, apparently left his bed and was only caught by nurses in hallway Peter Dutton sticks to account of Manus Island trouble despite fresh evidence Detainees and local police chief David Yapu say immigration minister is conflating two entirely different events Black diggers are hailed on Anzac Day. But the Indigenous 'Great War' was in Australia Frontier wars almost certainly claimed more Indigenous lives than the Australian death toll in the first world war. If settler Australia is ever to deal properly with the legacy of frontier conflict, that comparison would be a good place to start 'Obviously we speak English': Brits complain about Australia's new citizenship crackdown 'You try to plan ahead, to plan your future for your family and it all changes,' says engineer on 457 visa The incredible shrinking Malcolm gets even smaller spouting 'Australian values' When this articulate man starts to jibber and cling to feeble logic you know the game's over – and Peter Dutton is looming Around the world Marine Le Pen heads to the rust belt to celebrate French election success Front National leader tells supporters in party's stronghold of Hénin-Beaumont: I am the candidate of the peopleLive: French election 2017 – reaction Afghanistan reels from Taliban's deadliest attack on army since 2001 Afghans call for government officials to resign after militants storm base at Mazar-i-Sharif and kill at least 140 soldiers Trump push for border wall threatens to cause government shutdown Officials uncertain whether president would sign bill without money for wall, with congressional deal to fund government expiring at midnight on Friday Maldives blogger stabbed to death in capital Yameen Rasheed, who used his Daily Panic blog to poke fun at politicians, found with stab wounds at his flat in Malé Suspected US drone strike kills three al-Qaida operatives in Yemen – report Tribal and security officials report attack on southern coast, while AFP photographer is seriously wounded in separate missile strike

One last thing Boy, 12, caught 1,300km into attempt to drive across Australia Child was stopped in Broken Hill, New South Wales, having seemingly driven across the entire state from Kendall near Port Macquarie. Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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